Diabetic Limbo Dancing

[Matt Cycle]

Well not quite and it's not a competition I'd recommend entering but more of how low can you go. Yesterday I'd done a few chores inside then been outside cleaning and prepping my bike and then cutting the hedges and other gardening duties. I came in and remember checking my blood glucose and thought oh dear it's 1.6. (My mind was obviously a bit fuddled). I then remember eating quite a bit 🙄. It wasn't until I had a look at my days figures last night that I noticed it was actually this:



I suppose it's not all bad as with the 10% variation it could have been as high as 1.2 😱

 

[khskel]

Can't beat that I'm glad to say.

 

[Ljc]

Oh heck. It's a wonder you could still stand up at that very low level.

 

[Flower]

Very scary Matt. Thank goodness you managed to eat whilst in the hypo twilight zone and started to recover your equilibrium.

Are you getting nearer to starting your pump any time soon? Temporary basal rates or suspended insulin delivery are worth their weight on busy job running days - or any days really!

 

[Hazel]

oops

 

[Matt Cycle]

Very scary Matt. Thank goodness you managed to eat whilst in the hypo twilight zone and started to recover your equilibrium.

Are you getting nearer to starting your pump any time soon? Temporary basal rates or suspended insulin delivery are worth their weight on busy job running days - or any days really!

Getting the pump seems to have dragged on for ages for various reasons. I chose the one I'm having in June - 640G - as it gives me the option of CGM. They applied for funding for CGM at the same time as the pump. I spoke to my DSN last week and she thinks it may be in the next couple of weeks so hopefully not too much longer to wait for that but the CCG have knocked back the CGM as my HbA1c is 47. Obviously their reasoning (!!) doesn't take account of my lack of hypo awareness. She said they will challenge that decision as the rules have not been interpreted correctly. So she said at the moment it's a case of wait and see for the CGM.

 

[Radders]

It's a long time since I saw a number starting with 1 on my meter, they used to be a much more frequent occurrence before I got my pump. I think it's the lowest some meters show before displaying "LO", which my Libre seems to think is the case at pretty much anything below a 3 on my meter!

 

[stephknits]

Nothing that low yet, thankfully! I used to go to low 2s in the night and occasionally have a swift drop to mid 2s in the day, but nothing starting with a 1.

 

[New-journey]

I didn't know numbers could go that low, my lowest by miles was 2,5.
I am glad to hear you are ok after such a low number, do you remember what you ate?

 

[Matt Cycle]

I didn't know numbers could go that low, my lowest by miles was 2,5.
I am glad to hear you are ok after such a low number, do you remember what you ate?

I remember having fig rolls and penguin biscuits even though I'd got a packet of dextrosol in my pocket! 🙄

 

[Matt Cycle]

Matt.
That is dangerous. If you can't feel that coming on you need to push your numbers up for a while to try and retrain your hypo awareness.
Your hba1c is so low you could push your numbers up and still impress us all.

I've tried that in the past and it hasn't really worked. One of the problems was being told by the consultant to run levels at 8-12. If I could run them that tightly I'd simply run them 4-8 and wouldn't have a problem. On the whole they're okay and I manage but the variation on occasions can be quite wide but the hypo awareness issue is the biggest problem. I'm due to get a pump soon and I'm hoping the finer adjustments of basal insulin it will give me will help to reduce and stabilise these variations (along with the more flexible bolus options). My hope is that the awareness will return. There is a possibility of getting CGM with the pump which gives that extra security and would have helped on Saturday.

 

[TheClockworkDodo]

Just followed link on other thread about low hypos and found this one ...

One of the problems was being told by the consultant to run levels at 8-12. If I could run them that tightly I'd simply run them 4-8 and wouldn't have a problem.

... and it sounds like we have the same consultant, @Matt Cycle! And the same problem explaining to him the difference between real life diabetes and theoretical diabetes 🙄

 

[mikeyB]

The last time I saw a number like that I was in the back of an ambulance coming round.

 

[Amigo]

Crikey Matt! And you’re trying to get me on and maintaining a bike. They’re hazardous! Lol 😱

 

[Matt Cycle]

Just followed link on other thread about low hypos and found this one ...



... and it sounds like we have the same consultant, @Matt Cycle! And the same problem explaining to him the difference between real life diabetes and theoretical diabetes 🙄

I suppose no one can really understand how difficult a total loss of endogenous insulin (i.e. Type 1 diabetes) is to manage unless you go through it yourself. I've always tried my best over the 30 years I've had it to manage it well but let us have the best available tools to do it i.e. CGM.

 

[Matt Cycle]

Crikey Matt! And you’re trying to get me on and maintaining a bike. They’re hazardous! Lol 😱

You'll be reyt. 😉 It was just one of those things. Although had another low low today. 😱 Let me check...............yes, I'm still alive!